Osogovo Mountains See Season’s First Heavy Snowfall as Cold Weather Sweeps Bulgaria

The Osogovo Mountains in Bulgaria have recorded the heaviest snowfall so far, with around 15 centimeters reported at an altitude of 1,600 meters, as seen in photos from the local ski area. Overnight into Tuesday morning, more precipitation of varying intensities is expected in the higher elevations of Western Bulgaria, where drivers are urged to take caution on routes such as the Northern Tangent, the Struma highway, roads leading to Trun and Kyustendil, Petrohan, the approach to Dragoman Pass, and the Hemus highway.

Patches of snow covered the Blagoevgrad village of Gorno Leshko, showing us that winter is already among us.

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